I posted recently about taking tulip photos in my "studio" and experimenting with focus stacking to create images that put more of the subject in focus. I don't have a camera that can automatically take a series of images that are easy to stack, so I've been trying to do it by manually adjusting the …
Onto Lillies
I enjoy photographing Tulips because they have flat-ish sides which makes it easier to get more of the flower in focus. My first shots of the season didn't quite go as planned, but I've continued buying flowers to photograph. As the revolving door of dying tulips came and went, Sally brought home a bouquet of …
Goodbye DPReview :'(
DPReview, or Digital Photography Review if you want to be fancy, announced today that it is closing on April 10. After that, it will cease to publish new articles and will become read-only for a "limited time" before it ceases to exist. I was so shocked that I checked the calendar to see if it …
First Tulips of the Season
I have an obsession with Tulips. I like the way they look, but they're also easier to photograph than most flowers. Their flat profile makes it easier to keep the petals in sharp focus and they look really nice when light comes from behind or above. They come in a variety of colors, patterns, and …
Photo Updates While Waiting for Nikon
Rumor has it that Nikon has a big announcement planned for April / May. This should finally be the Z8 / Z7 III that was expected at CES in January then CP+ in February and has been rumored to be ready for months waiting for supply chain issues to be worked out. If it hits …
An Adjustment to Our Backup Strategy
I recently posted about our backup strategy to ensure we had fast access in the event of a restore as well as protection in the event of a catastrophic loss. In that diagram, we use a 2011 MacBook Pro to backup data from our RAIDs up to Backblaze. That works very well except for the …
Our Backup Strategy
We have a lot of data, photos and videos mostly. I've got 60,000 images from my DSLRs, mostly RAW, going back to about 2006 and taking up around 1.4 TB of space. Outside of that we have all of our regular photos and videos from our phones and old-school digital cameras. That adds 62,000 more …
M2 MacBook Pro Performance Tests
I’m very meticulous when investing in new hardware and do a lot of research prior to purchasing. Once I buy something I like to understand the improvement in practical terms. I usually run performance benchmarks, but this time I went further with more tests and some graphs. These aren’t the fairest comparisons since the two …
My New MacBook Pro
I’ve had my MacBook Pro for a couple of weeks and it’s working out very well. My MacBook Air has served me very well for the last two years, but it's time to upgrade to something with more memory, storage, and processing power. Upgrades This new Mac was an opportunity to increase performance, but also …
I Predicted the Future of Cameras
The year was 2011. My camera was a crop sensor Canon EOS 7D. Upgrading to a different camera was still years away (4.5 to be exact). Still, I drafted an article about the features I'd like to see in my next camera, whenever that was going to happen. This was when the 36 MP Nikon …
Relatively Ambitious 